Humanities Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== The word ''humanities comes'' from the [[Renaissance Latin]] phrase ''[[studia humanitatis]]'', which translates to ''study of humanity''. This phrase was used to refer to the study of classical literature and language, which was seen as an important aspect of a refined education in the [[Renaissance]]. In its usage in the early 15th century, the ''studia humanitatis'' was a course of studies that consisted of grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, and moral philosophy, primarily derived from the study of Latin and Greek classics. The word ''humanitas'' also gave rise to the Renaissance Italian neologism ''umanisti'', whence "humanist", "[[Renaissance humanism]]".<ref>"humanism." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/275932/humanism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605043400/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/275932/humanism|date=2015-06-05}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page